ryan zimmerman missed his third straight ga because of a rib injury. riggleman said zimmerman could sit out the remainder of the year. in the other dugout is braves manager bobby cox and he's on the final leg of his farewell tour. the 69-year-old is set to retire at the end of the season. the nationals will honor the longtime skipper before today's game. yesterday cox earned his 2,500th victory. top three, no score, brian mccann up with two o no out. nats playing the shift. alberto gonzalez stops it. ian desmond not covering second. throw to first and adam dunn can't take it. derek lowe comes in to score. here comes jason hayward. grabs the ball, throws to the plate and he's so out. that ends the inning but the braves take a 1-0 lea top six,ame score. facing mccann again down the right-field line. michael moore and kennedy giving chase looking up io the sun and, wow, kennedy makes a great catch there. tough looking up into the sun. still making the catch. still in the inning, three batters later, alex gonzalez up with two on and he crushes one to left.